Category Archives: Regional & economic cooperation

The battle begins for the shape of the post-COVID world

An influential part of Australia was already in an apocalyptic mood before COVID-19 struck the...

Malaysia Announces Theme for APEC 2020: ‘Optimising Human Potential Towards a Future of Shared Prosperity

Malaysia will focus on bringing APEC closer to the people, with the objective of creating...

Roundtable with the newly appointed Executive Director of the APEC Secretariat

FDC’s CEO was pleased to attend a roundtable discussion with the newly appointed Executive Director...

Corporate chiefs blind to value in Asia-Pacific region

Corporate Australia and our financial analysts are smart all right, but are they smart enough?...

Australian businesses best placed to help Papua New Guinea

Canberra’s pivot back to the ­Pacific, highlighted during last weekend’s APEC summit in Port Moresby,...

Rowan Callick on Australia Rediscovering the Pacific

These are testing times for Canberra to be orchestrating a renewed interest in the Pacific...

The ‘Call to Action’ at FDC’s Annual APEC Policy-Setting Dialogue

At the end of June over 40 senior central bank and finance officials and senior...